December 04
Africa: United Nations and Humanitarian Partners Launch U.S.$47 Billion Appeal for 2025 to Support 190 Million People Worldwide
An estimated 305 million people around the world will require humanitarian assistance in the coming year, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs… Read more »
August 30
Africa: UN Releases U.S.$100 Million to Ramp Up Responses to 10 Underfunded Humanitarian Crises
As the global funding outlook remains grim, the United Nations today released US$100 million from the Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) to address critical underfunding of… Read more »
August 19
Africa: World Humanitarian Day 2024 - With Number of Aid Workers Killed Reaching Record High, UN and Partners Demand Those in Power #actforhumanity, 19 August 2024
Aid workers on the frontlines of the world's conflicts are being killed in unprecedented numbers, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said… Read more »
Africa: World Humanitarian Day - UN Demands Action As Aid Worker Deaths Hit Record High
Aid workers on the frontlines of the world's conflicts are being killed in unprecedented numbers, OCHA said today as it marked World Humanitarian Day. Read more »
Africa: World Humanitarian Day 2024 - As Attacks Against Aid Workers Continue in West and Central Africa, OCHA Warns Against the Cost of Inaction to Protect Civilians and Humanitarian Delivery
Dakar, 19 August 2024: The cost of failing to protect civilians, including humanitarian aid workers, is in the spotlight this year's World Humanitarian Day, as the latest figures… Read more »
Africa: World Humanitarian Day 2024 - Message From Bruno Lemarquis, Humanitarian Coordinator in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Today, on 19 August, we commemorate World Humanitarian Day. Read more »
June 24
Africa: Two-Year Anniversary of the UN Secretary-General's Action Agenda On Internal Displacement
Joint Statement by Principals of the UN Steering Group on Solutions to Internal Displacement: IOM, OCHA, UNDP, UNDPO, UNDPPA, UNICEF and UNHCR Read more »
June 12
Africa: G7 Leaders Can and Must Prevent Manmade Famine
Statement by Martin Griffiths, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Read more »
May 22
Africa: Today's Top News - Occupied Palestinian Territory, Haiti, Burundi
Occupied Palestinian Territory Read more »
March 18
Africa: UN Relief Chief Tells European Humanitarian Forum, Aid Community Is Trying to Change Its Business Model
Remarks by Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Martin Griffiths at the 2024 European Humanitarian Forum Read more »
March 12
Africa: Today's Top News - Occupied Palestinian Territory, Haiti, Mozambique, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Occupied Palestinian Territory Read more »
Africa: UN Deputy Relief Chief Warns That Human Progress Is Impossible Unless Silencing of Women Ends
Remarks by Assistant-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Deputy Emergency Relief Coordinator, Ms. Joyce Msuya at the side event of the Commission on the Status of… Read more »
